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Association analysis identifies new risk loci for congenital heart disease in Chinese populations.
Nature communications - 18 Aug 2015
Lin Yuan, Guo Xuejiang, Zhao Bijun, Liu Juanjuan, Da Min, Wen Yang, Hu Yuanli, Ni Bixian, Zhang Kai, Yang Shiwei, Xu Jing, Dai Juncheng, Wang Xiaowei, Xia Yankai, Ma Hongxia, Jin Guangfu, Yu Shiqiang, Liu Jiayin, Keavney Bernard D, Goodship Judith A, Cordell Heather J, Wang Xinru, Shen Hongbing, Sha Jiahao, Zhou Zuomin, Chen Yijiang, Mo Xuming, Luo Lingfei, Hu Zhibin
Abstract excerpt
Our previous genome-wide association study (GWAS) identified two susceptibility loci for congenital heart disease (CHD) in Han Chinese. Here we identify additional loci by testing promising associations in an extended 3-stage validation consisting of 6,053 CHD cases and 7,410 controls. We find GW significant (P<5.0 × 10(-8)) evidence of 4 additional CHD susceptibility loci at 4q31.22 (rs1400558, upstream of...
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